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Maker Mondays

October 16, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, PA Forward, Resources of Interest

Sarah Applegate by Sarah Applegate Currently Reading: The Nightmare Charade by Mindee Arnett I recently took on a full-time youth services position within my library and now find myself having to plan programs for birth to teen. Preschool and teen programming is easy for me....

Prepare for Money Smart Week, 2016, April 23-30.

October 11, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Start planning for Money Smart Week by watching the archived Money Smart Week webinar.  Presenters are Don Wood, Jay Lyman, Huong Nguyen, Sarah Timm, and Tammy Woodward. The Money Smart Week website offers information and ideas your library can access to develop programming....

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PA Forward Spotlight: PICPA

September 15, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In PA Forward, Resources of Interest

The PICPA (Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants ) has many different free resources libraries and the public can use to help improve their financial literacy. A Novel Approach to Financial Literacy calendars are one of the services many libraries are familiar with....

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PA Forward: Working at the Car Wash: Teens and Financial Literacy

September 1, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, PA Forward

    Sarah Applegate On August 8, 2015 we had our final Summer Reading Club program for the teen group at Coyle Free Library, which turned out to be a fundraiser for the fall.  I was hesitant about hosting a car wash with a group of teenagers at first but, let me tell...

Lebanon County Libraries Launch New Financial Education Programs with Grant

March 6, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Uncategorized

Lebanon County libraries have been awarded a $92,500 grant from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation and the American Library Association as part of the nationwide Smart investing@your library® Program (Lebanon, PA) – February 17,...

Smart Investing @ Your library Invites you to View Three FREE Webinars!

February 15, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Uncategorized

Each webinar is filled with valuable information to increase your libraries’ social capital. You’ll learn strategies that expand your knowledge about personal finance. Reference desk scenarios capture best practices and a toolkit includes unbiased online resources. 6...

FREE Investor Education Booklets

February 13, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Resources of Interest, Uncategorized

The PA Department of Banking and Securities is offering Quality Investor Education Booklets FREE of charge to libraries in Pennsylvania. The series of seven booklets that are quality, non-biased investor education and protection resources. One of each booklet can be designated...

Financial Literacy Webinar

January 20, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development

On January 29th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Institute for Museum and Library Services will offer a free webinar on financial literacy.  It is part of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s monthly webinar series intended to instruct library staff on...